Género e auto-rastreio: a utilização de smartphones por jovens em idade adulta em Portugal

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Eduardo Antunes*, Rita Basílio de Simões**, Inês Amaral***, Ana Marta M. Flores****

* Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Letras (FLUC), Coimbra, Portugal
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1372-8052
** Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Letras (FLUC), Coimbra, Portugal
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6356-6042
*** Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Letras (FLUC), Coimbra, Portugal
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4929-4866
**** Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Letras (FLUC), Coimbra, Portugal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5078-5534

Resumo Abstract Resumen

Gender and Tracking of the Self: Smartphone usage by young adults in Portugal

This exploratory study presents the main results from the analysis of the tracking of mobile application use by 342 young adults (18-30 years old) in Portugal considering the gendered power relations that may be reflected in those uses. The results indicate that Social Media and Messaging apps are predominant, while the tracking of the self categories (Health and Well-being, Fitness and Self-tracking) are the least used (with greater weight in privileged socioeconomic classes). Although there are more women than men using these apps, thus preserving gendered structures, these digital platforms may also be conceived as venues for the growth of male self-tracking and self-care.

Keywords

tracking, young adults, self-tracking, smartphones, mobile applications